A diary of weekly art listings by Sandra Corey. Follow the art postings and read useful links for artists and art-enthusiasts. Paintings and collages are in various styles from contemporary abstracts to folk art, also known as outsider art or art brut.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Returning to the topic of Folk Art with this week's painting and Useful Link (scroll down to previous posting). There may be an advantage to selling Folk Art on eBay, which is that the category is fairly small. For example, today a search in the category of Original Abstract Oil Painting returns 6099 results to look through if you are a buyer. But for Folk Art Oil Painting, there were only 422 results. My guess is that this would mean more shoppers will see the paintings in the latter category, which increases the possiblity of selling the art.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Not only is Folk Art, in the form of paintings, difficult to circumscribe, but it turns out that there are more than a few categories of the genre. And the lines continue to blur between it, Pop Art paintings and Outsider Art. This brings me to this week's Useful Link about Contemporary Folk Art, which includes paintings, and the examples shown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Click the link above to view these wonderful pieces.

At www.americanfolkart.com the description of Contemporary American folk artists is: They "share with folk artists of earlier centuries a strong narrative impulse, the use of figurative and representational forms that are highly abstract, an intuitive compositional strength, and a tendency toward the decoration and embellishment of a surface that goes well beyond necessity."

About Me

In August of 2006 I sold my first painting on eBay and began painting more or less full time from that moment on. Then on March 29, 2007 I began documenting my journey into selling my art on line at my art blog I enjoy exploring different styles and media and the constant surprises each produces. And it has been quite a journey.
In September 2009 I started Artists Trading, where artists trade art to begin their own art collections.
To view all of my paintings, including works already sold, please visit my Yessy gallery site HERE. Or simply Google "Sandra Corey" And please visit again soon! To sell your art on Yessy or to see more art, click HERE